Metal-lath-attaching clip



Feb. 2e, 1924,. @384,931

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WILLIAM I.. CALDWELL, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO' UNTED ALLOY STEEL GOR- PORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A GORPOBATION OIF NEW YORK.

METAL-LATH-ATTACEING CLIP.

Application led August 23, 1921. Serial No. 494,463.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. CALD- WELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal-Lath-Attaching Clips, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to attaching clips for securing metal lath and like fabrics to the flange face of a metal joist or like support; and the object of the improvement is to provide a simple clip made from strip steel, which may be secured to the flange of the joist, and to which the lath may be secured.

The object of the invention is attained by forming the clip with a channel hook on one end for engaging the L-flange of a metal joist, and by forming a plurality of tongues alongside each other on the opposite end, one or more of which tongues may be bent to engage against the face flange of the jo'ist, and one or more of the same may be inserted through openings in metal lath and clam ed against the same to secure it to the ange face of the joist.

A preferred embodiment of the invention, and of several modified forms of tongues, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Fi ure l 1s a fragmentary section of a meta joist with metal lath secured on its ange face by means of the improved clip;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary under plan of the same;

Fig. 3, a detached perspective view of one of the clips formed ready for use;

Fig. 4, a plan view of a blank from which the clip is made;

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are modified forms of clips embodying the same general idea.

Similar numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

The clip is made from a straight section 1 of strip steel, cut at one end to form a grip tongue 2 on one side and a prong tongue 3 on the other side. The body of the blank is bent to form a channel hook which is adapted to be engaged over the t-flange 5 on the edge of the face flange 6 of the metal joist 7, as shown in Fig. 1.

The grip tongue 2 is then bent by a hammer or otherwise against the face flan e 6 of the joist, thereby securing the clip thereto; after which metal lath 8 may be placed against the flange face of the joist,

y inserting the prong tongue 3 of the clip through an opening in the lath; whereupon the prong clip is bent by a hammer or otherwise against the face of the lath, thereby clamping the same to the flange face of the joist, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show the use of similar tongues of different shapes and lengths alongside each other, so that either one may be used as a grip and the other as a prong tongue. Fig. 8, shows the use of a grip tongue on each side of a central prong tongue; and Fig. 9, shows the use of a single central grip tongue between two prong tongues; all of which modified forms of web may be used in the same manner as thepreferred form shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

The prong tongues are preferably reduced in width or otherwise weakened at a point corresponding to the under face of the lath, to induce a bending of the prong at this place.

I claim 1. A metal clip for fastening expanded straight metal lath and the like to a support, having one end bent to form a hook for engaging the support, a grip tongue on the other end for engaging the face of the support and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end insertable through an opening in the lath for clamping the same against the support.

2. A straight strip metal clip for fastening expanded metal lath and the like to a support, having one end bent to form a channel hook for engaging the support, a grip tongue on the other end for engaging the face of the support and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end insertable throughan opening in the lath for clamping the same against the support.

3. A metal clip for fastening straight metal lath or the like against the flange face of a support having an L-flange on its edge, said clip having one end bent to form a hook to engage the L-ange, a grip tongue on its other end for engaging the face flange of the support, and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end insertable through an opening in the lath for clamping the same against the face flange of the support.

a. A straight strip metal clip for fasten- 6:53 awa ing metal lath or the like against the flange face of a support having an L-fiange on its edges,v said clip having one end bent to form a channel hook to engage the l..-flange, a grip tongue on its other end for engaging the face flange of the support, and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end insertable through an opening in the lath for clamping the same against the face ila-nge of the support.

5. The combination of a Support having a face iang'e With an L-tongue on its edge, metal lath or the like on the flange face of the support, and a straight metal elip having one end bent to foi-m a hook for engaging the Ltongue of the support, a grip tongue on the other end engaging the face ange of the support, and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end inserted through an opening in the lath and clamping the same against the face flange of the support.

6. The combination of a support having a face flange With an L-tongue on its edge, metal lath or the like on the'ange face of the support, and a straight strip metal clip having one end bent to form a channel hook for Vengaging the L-tongue of the support, a grip tongue on the other end for engaging the face flange of the support, and a prong tongue alongside the grip tongue on the same end inserted through an opening in the lath and clamping the Same againstthe face fiange of the support.

WlLLlAM L. CALDWELL.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certied that in Letters Patent No. 1,484,931, granted February 26, 1924, upon the application of lfVilliam L. Caldwell, of Canton, Chio, Jfor an improvement in Metal-Lath-Attaching Clips," errors appear in the printed speciioation requiring` correction as follows: Page l, line SQ, claim l, strike out the Word straight and insert the same to follo'T they article A in line 8l; same page, line 99, claim 3, strike out the word straight and insert the same to follow the article A in the same line; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With these corrections therein that the saine may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of April, A. D. 1924.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

A @ting Commissioner 0 f Patents. 

